The day when the world
turned upside down:
when a frown became a smile
and a smile became a frown.
When the mice chased the cats
the cats chased the dogs.
The dogs laughed out loud
at the pink and yellow frogs.
When you went to bed in the daytime
and got up at night.
When birds caught the school bus
and the cows took flight.
When the moon came out
in the middle of the day
and all of the ocean's fish
rolled around in the hay.
When the children ruled the world
and ice cream was for free
and the elephants shrank
to the size of a flea.
When the grass rained lollipops
up to the sky.
When you wanted to laugh
but could only cry.
When magic beans were real
and giants very small,
you would eat spiders legs
so you could creep up the wall.
This all happened when the
world turned upside down
after I went to bed
with a smile - not a frown.
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Hello Anna, I notice that you sent this message 3 months ago and want to apologise as I have been very busy in other areas of my life that my poems came to a halt for nearly a year. Things...
When The World Turned Upside Down
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Margaret A. Savage
Published by Family Friend Poems February 2017 with permission of the Author.
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Hello Anna,
I notice that you sent this message 3 months ago and want to apologise as I have been very busy in other areas of my life that my poems came to a halt for nearly a year. Things are beginning to settle now and I am ready to take up where I left off! I am so happy that children are being encouraged to create poetry. My love for poetry came from a book given to me when I was seven years old - this was Robert Lewis Stevenson's Book of Poetry for Children.
I would LOVE to hear the children's verse if it's not too late.
Margie